A number of journalists and human rights activists
staged today a peaceful demonstration in front of the Press and Publications
Council, protesting the continued confiscation of Almidan newspaper that has been confiscated and prevented from
printing for more than a month.
The editor-in-chief of Almidan newspaper, Madiha Abdullah, handed over a
protest memo to the Secretary-General of the Council, El-Obied Almarwah, while
the journalists and activists were carrying placards condemning the continued
confiscation of the newspaper for more than a month and preventing it from
printing by the National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS), forcing the newspaper to incur heavy financial losses.
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| Madiha |
Madiha pointed out that the memo called on the Press Council to play its assigned role in
protecting the journalists and newspapers and to put an end to restrictions on
press and journalists, as well as the pre-censorship of the press and the ban on freedom of
expression imposed by the NISS, urging
the parties aggrieved by the press to follow legal channels.
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| Journalists and human rights activists |
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